Harbour Centre Lookout Tower

Okay, once again, I am a few days behind, as we have kept our days in Vancouver packed full. So here we go with our updates from our Vancouver adventures.

The first full day that we spent in Vancouver was a great day to reset ourselves from the stress of the previous day. We cleaned ourselves up, played at the park, swam at the pool, did laundry, and planned one outting to the Vancouver Harbor Lookout. They closed early on this day, and the last glass elevator went up at 5:30. We left our campsite around 4:30 to start our 30-minute drive over there. Enter Vancouver traffic. We moved about 1 block in 15 minutes, so we knew this route wasn't going to work.
We rerouted ourselves to come at the lookout tower from the other direction. This moved a little quicker, but we were still in traffic. We miss a turn. We miss another turn. Now we are on East Hastings driving towards the lookout. If you haven't heard about East Hastings, there is a span of about 5 blocks between Hastings and Princess to Hastings and Carrall where a lot of the homeless in the city live and hang out I'm not sure if there are any laws enforced there or if it is all fair game. Either way, it was something like we've never seen before. The sidewalks were filled with people, and many of them passed out. Some selling things like shirts or knick knacks. Although it was heartbreaking to see, I think it was a real eye opener for us.

Anyways, back to the Vancouver Lookout. We find parking downtown around 5:25 and run. We make it into the building where things look pretty closed up. However, someone was there, and since we prebought our tickets, we were allowed up.
It was so cool to see the city from this view. The kids loved watching the planes flying onto the water and seeing all the boats in the Harbour.
We got to watch a massive barge being towed by, what looked like in comparison, a tiny tug boat. A lot of rooftops looked very luxurious, with plants, seating, and trees. We also got to see some pretty cool architecture in downtown Vancouver.
We were ready to head back down, and we decided to go for a quick walk downtown. There were lots of people dressed up in anime cosplay, so we assumed there was an expo of some sorts around. We got a little taste of some of the street culture as we listened to entertainers singing as well.
When our meter ran out on our parking, we headed back to our campsite for supper and bed.Leia mais